Marie France
Author
Language
English
Description
An artful storyteller whose tales continue to enthrall modern readers, the12th-century poet known as Marie de France transformed folklore and legends into a distinctive variety of romance. Knights, fairies, princes in disguise, and werewolves populate her captivating variations on Arthurian myths and other stories of magic and mystery. Many of her tales are rooted in Celtic and Breton traditions; seven centuries later, her rhythmic and colored language...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
The twelve "lays" of Marie de France, the earliest known French woman poet, are here presented in sprightly English verse by poet and translator David R. Slavitt. Traditional Breton folktales were the raw material for Marie de France's series of lively but profound considerations of love, life, death, fidelity and betrayal, and luck and fate. They offer acute observations about the choices that women make, startling in the late twelfth century and...
Author
Language
English
Description
Though little is known about Marie de France, her work changed romantic writing forever. "The Lais of Marie de France" challenged social norms and the views of the church during the twelfth century concerning both love and the role of women. She wrote within a court unknown to scholars, in a form of Anglo-Norman French. Inspired by the Greeks and Romans long before her, Marie de France sought to write something not only morally instructive, but memorable,...
Author
Publisher
Duke Classics
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Gallant knights, blushing maidens, tyrannical lords, damsels in distress, feats of courage, love pure and true—you'll find all of this and more in this enchanting collection of tales from France's medieval period. Selected from the classic twelfth-century text Lais of Marie de France and rendered in an engaging English translation, this volume is a treat for readers of all ages.
7) Bisclavret
Author
Series
Language
Deutsch
Description
Bretagne, um 1170: Der ehrbare Ritter Eric de Bisclavret verschwindet sehr zum Ärger seiner Ehefrau Catherine jeden Monat für drei Tage, ohne jemanden von seinem Verbleib in Kenntnis zu setzen. Als die Gattin erfährt, dass er sich in dieser Zeit in einen Werwolf verwandelt, sorgt sie durch eine List dafür, dass er nicht zurückkehren kann, und beginnt ein neues Leben. Der Werwolf sucht Zuflucht bei seinem Lehnsherrn und sinnt auf Rache.
Author
Language
English
Description
Enhanced ebook featuring a narrated story and 2 recorded songs performed by Michelle Campagne, Paul Campagne and Davy Gallant. The story of a little blue stuffed doggy who falls victim to famished mites after having been left at home alone. Upon his parent's return, they discover his soggy red cotton tail on the floor and are faced with the challenge of putting him back together.
Author
Series
Série noire volume 1481
Publisher
Gallimard
Pub. Date
1972
Physical Desc
191 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
Français
Author
Series
Super noire volume 132
Publisher
Gallimard
Pub. Date
1979
Physical Desc
243 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Language
Français
11) Garfield
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 DVD (80 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Garfield's owner, Jon, takes in sweet, but dimwitted pooch Odie, turning Garfield's perfect world upside-down. Now Garfield wants only one thing: Odie out of his home and his life! But when the hapless pup disappears and is kidnapped by a nasty dog trainer, Garfield, feeling responsible, tears himself away from the TV and springs into action.
12) Black knight
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002], c2001.
Edition
Widescreen version (2.35:1)
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Jamal is an employee at Medieval World amusement park when he is magically transported back to 14th century England. Now he must do battle with an evil king, deadly assassins - and really bad plumbing.